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Postmodernist perspectives of crime

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  • Believe crime is a social construct impacted by culture and technology.
  • 👤 Lyng (1990): crime can be about risk-taking and excitement.
    • Doesn’t address economic and structural causes.
  • 👤 Matza (1964): offenders drift between conformity and deviance, using techniques of neutralisation.
    • Fails to explain persistent offending.

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